00:25 - KarlabosMost videos are all about just adding random images to the song though, so...

00:22 - KarlabosSome videos aren't bad. But an ok video is not a good video. A good video would be something that adds to the song. In a way after you've seen it you can't help but to feel only listening to the song isn't enough anymore

23:53 - ApothecaryI mean welcome to artists trying to be theatrical lol there's always going to be some degree of cheese in music videos, even if it's .0001% cheese

Thousands of messages were sent to both public and private partners.
The result was swift: Coca Cola disengaged from Hellfest, and the "Ouest France" newspaper reduces its editorial line concerning Hellfest.

You'll find the various support actions under way for which your participation is more than required.

Best regards,
Hellfest Freedom Committee"

Well, it's all in French, but the actions they propose right now are to do some lobbying, as the fundamentalists did. You'll find letter models to send to Cola-Cola, Ouest-France and Kronenbourg (the beers, note that they still support Hellfest) and also to the Clisson Town Council, departemental and regional councils, with the links on the same page http://prohellfest.wordpress.com/actions-pour-le-festival/operation-de-soutie/.

How come ? I thought France was beyond this stage...
Ask the shops and the merchats of Clisson and see if they hate Hellfest Maybe they could help ? (rather naive I know)

Sure they're quite happy to see the metalheads coming, as the money flows and all this in good spirits
And as for "I thought France was beyond this stage..." you have to know that Clisson is at the limit between two of the most devout/bigot areas in France, so.... Somewhere else in France, like in Toulouse I think, this religious problem wouldn't have been so important

Catholic French need someone like Varg Vikernes to burn their churches, don't they?

Hell no!
A church was burnt in 2006 by some Brittany black metallers, with quotes of Deicide written on the burnt walls. What happend next? Hellfest cancelled Deicide appearance, and Deicide condemned both the burning and Hellfest.

Yes, I've already heard of it and I'll do my best to support that festival. Unfortunately, I have not been able to go there even though I live quite near. And I sometimes feel ashamed to be French.. I mean, I have never heard of anti-Wacken or anti-Graspop or whatever "movements"..
Let's hope people will finally learn to open their minds.. I mean, I understand that people can feel "disturbed" by some messages but then they stick to these stereotypes and imagine that 60.000 Satan-worshipers went to that festival.. Quite lame, uh?.. *sigh*

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Can you hear the Tales from the Ocean
Submerged cities and haunted wrecks
Can you hear the Tales from Nowhere
The wind will tell you, if you listen

This is pathetic. Metal is not Satanic by default! Just because a few metal bands glorify Satanism or Anti-Christianity doesn't mean that metal as a whole is Satanic. A vast majority of metal bands do not implement Satanic/Anti-Christian imagery or lyrics to their music. Whoever these Catholics are that are encouraging and spreading this smear campaign, STOP IT! Last time I checked, talking behind people's backs was a sin. The Hellfest employees and concertgoers don't deserve to be spat upon like this. Metal is not a Satanic observance. I'm getting sick of these morons calling themselves high and mighty and getting religion involved for their own self-centered advantages with their opinion as to why they think it's a FACT that metal sucks. If people would actually study metal more, they would find no shortage at all of metal bands that are not Satanic or Anti-Christian in any way. Heck, they'd even find Christian metal bands.

Edit: By the way, this message came from myself, a Christian (not a Catholic, however).

Catholic French need someone like Varg Vikernes to burn their churches, don't they?

Too bad french church are made in stone ;-) but are part of the architectural treasury, it would be a shame to destroy them.
This part of France (la Vendée) got a strong history dealing wiith religion and monarchy, catholic lobbyist feel frightened.